• Choreographic finale for gamelan orchestra, metal percussion and tape

• Duration: 12'
• In 1 movement
• Composed in 1999
• First performance: 03.12.99 LASALLE Gamelan Ensemble Studio Theatre LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore)
• Downloadable scores for inspection:
  BK_13.pdf

Nineteenth and last piece of the cycle entitled ‘Berlayar’, Bee Kayem: age 19 ‘I am’ is based on Baudelaire’s poem L’heautontimoroumenos. Characters take their masks down. This liberation leaves open the possibility for vulnerability, manipulation and creativity.

Review

“With a fusion of Eastern and western music, Robert Casteels created a ‘voluminous’ sound, both audibly and visually. The alternative orchestration of the music was intense, while the hypnotic nature of the traditional Gamelan allowed us to subconsciously absorb the sounds together with the imagery. All in all, no Face was a true integration of ideas, disciplines and form, which opens the path to a new genre of integrated performances”.
Mushalwah Ridzwan, Singapore